Iodálach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish Etáillech,[1] from Latin ītalicus. By surface analysis, An Iodáil (“Italy”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Iodálach (genitive singular masculine Iodálaigh, genitive singular feminine Iodálaí, plural Iodálacha, comparative Iodálaí)

  1. Italian (of or pertaining to Italy)
  2. (nominalized, masculine) an Italian person

Declension

Declension of Iodálach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Iodálach Iodálach Iodálacha
vocative Iodálaigh Iodálacha
genitive Iodálaí Iodálacha Iodálach
dative Iodálach Iodálach;
Iodálaigh (archaic) 		Iodálacha
Comparative níos Iodálaí
Superlative is Iodálaí

Derived terms

  • iodálach (“italic”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Iodálach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Iodálach nIodálach hIodálach not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Etáillech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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